About Besra Village

Besra is a mid sized village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 969, made up of 507 males and 462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1553.49 hectares hectares.

Besra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Besra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Chanderi
Area (hectares)	1553.49 hectares
Population	969
Male Population	507
Female Population	462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Besra compares

By the 2011 count Besra is the 52nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 1553.49 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Besra

Besra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Besra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Besra from other places

Besra lies about 25 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Piprai Gaon, about 13 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Besra
Nearest railway station	Piprai Gaon	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanderi	20 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	25 km

Villages closest to Besra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanderi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Besra

As per the Census of India 2011, Besra village had a population of 969. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Besra village has 507 males and 462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Besra has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Besra covers 1553.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Besra falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Besra is Piprai Gaon, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Besra.

Besra is about 25 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Besra is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Piprai Gaon is about 13 km away. Chanderi is about 20 km away. Ashoknagar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.